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| Quizzed women in Facebook poses | |
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| Women questioned about an alleged assault posed in police uniforms for pictures and posted them on Facebook. | |
| Three officers have been disciplined following the prank at Burton-on-Trent police station. | Three officers have been disciplined following the prank at Burton-on-Trent police station. |
| The pictures showed the women in miniskirts wearing high-visibility jackets and police hats. | The pictures showed the women in miniskirts wearing high-visibility jackets and police hats. |
| They were taken when a woman was held on suspicion of assault and four others - two alleged victims and two witnesses - were taken to the station. | |
| One photograph was taken with a woman posing next to a patrol car. | One photograph was taken with a woman posing next to a patrol car. |
| Staffordshire Police said three officers were "spoken to" and moved to new roles after the incident on 5 December at Burton-on-Trent station. | Staffordshire Police said three officers were "spoken to" and moved to new roles after the incident on 5 December at Burton-on-Trent station. |
| Staffordshire Police said the incident happened on 5 December | Staffordshire Police said the incident happened on 5 December |
| A police spokesman said officers made attempts to talk to the women about their behaviour and to stop them taking photographs, but these were not heeded. | A police spokesman said officers made attempts to talk to the women about their behaviour and to stop them taking photographs, but these were not heeded. |
| "We are obviously aware of, and concerned by, the photographs that have been published and the potential impact these could have on the women themselves, the officers involved and, most importantly, wider public confidence. | "We are obviously aware of, and concerned by, the photographs that have been published and the potential impact these could have on the women themselves, the officers involved and, most importantly, wider public confidence. |
| "We have carried out a swift and detailed internal investigation to establish the facts of what happened. | "We have carried out a swift and detailed internal investigation to establish the facts of what happened. |
| "Both the force and the officers involved very much regret the negative way that the photographs, and the circumstances they were taken in, could be perceived." | "Both the force and the officers involved very much regret the negative way that the photographs, and the circumstances they were taken in, could be perceived." |